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I saw the National Geogrphic explorer where they found the wild population of C. siamensis. THe collected blood samples to get the DNA finger print. THey were going to compare this with Crocodiles at a captive facility.

Was this ever done and did they find out if there were any genetically pure C. siamensis at the farm?

Much obliged for any feed back from Dr. Britton or other knowledgeble folks.

Best wishes,

Ed Brown

Ed, sorry for the delay reply - I don't get much time to read these forums now.

I know the work you're referring to, but I haven't heard the full story on the results. You should probably ask Boyd Simpson, who is working on the Siamese croc program in Cambodia for Flora and Fauna International. I believe his opinion was that there was a lot of genetic contamination on croc farms, which makes a lot of sense.

I can't give you Boyd's email address because it'll be picked up by spam bots and he won't ever forgive me. So write to me at crocodilian.com (put abritton and an @ sign before it, and put the word CROC in the subject line!).

Best wishes,

Adam

>>I saw the National Geogrphic explorer where they found the wild population of C. siamensis. THe collected blood samples to get the DNA finger print. THey were going to compare this with Crocodiles at a captive facility.
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>>Was this ever done and did they find out if there were any genetically pure C. siamensis at the farm?
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>>Much obliged for any feed back from Dr. Britton or other knowledgeble folks.
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>>Best wishes,
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>>Ed Brown

thanks so much for the reply... I will try to follow up and learn more.

I figured there must be some genetic contamination but was hoping tht it wasnt 100 percent pervasive.

Best wishes,

Ed